Category Archives: BBC

Osborne gets a free pass on benefit proposals

Posted on October 17, 2010 by

George Osborne’s proposals to ban people who fiddle their benefits three times from claiming government money have had a lot of coverage today. It’s been in the Express, the Mail, the Independent (via PA), the Mirror, the Guardian, the Morning … Continue reading →

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The BBC and bias

Posted on September 3, 2010 by

Several papers, including the Telegraph, happily report that the current Director General of the BBC thinks that 30 years ago the organisation found it much harder to be impartial than it does now*. However, the Telegraph can’t resist adding in … Continue reading →

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Illegal immigration and the media

Posted on August 2, 2010 by

There’s been an unusually large number of stories about illegal immigration recently, whether it’s Romanian children trafficking, marriage scams in Sussex, or fast-track deportations of rejected asylum applicants being ruled illegal. It’s a tricky area and one that can really … Continue reading →

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It’s not just the Express

Posted on July 14, 2010 by

The Express has rightly taken a lot of criticism for its foul front page yesterday. But while its effort is by some way the worst of the coverage of the Leeds study, that’s no reason to let the others off … Continue reading →

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This is what you get

Posted on July 10, 2010 by

24-hour rolling news is a fantastic innovation. Just over five years ago it gave people caught up in the London bombings information and advice that must have brought at least some coherence to the whole awful situation. When people need … Continue reading →

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